Today was an early day for me – it was Aly’s first time at the dentist. Her dentist is Dr. Rashid Tahir of Kids Dentist @ Camden. Young chap (married with kids) so accomplished has made the Muslim community proud! Seriously, his clientele are from many nationalities. At least, in the 2hrs while waiting in the kiddo waiting room, I have met Korean, Indian, British families. 
I wanted Aly’s first experience at the dentist to be a happy one. So, last night, I prepped her sharing the goodness of visiting a dentist. She then decided to launch into her detailed description of recent trip to the hospital due to high fever.. bla .. bla.. and she came to one point : Aly cried.. Aly tak nak baring. Oops.. Explained to her that at the dentist, she will have to somehow lie (even showed her while in our Tucson a 45 degrees elevation). Sigh..didnt managed to convince her. But whatever the excuses were, we still ended up at Dr Rashid’s clinic this morning.
Where’s the photos of Aly in the dentist chair??? Arrhhh.. no opportunity to take a single shot as our dear princess was wailing the moment Dr Rashid called out her name. She composed herself when he started asking about her diet, teeth brushing and the part when he took out the teeth model and start teaching her (err. including the mommy; I supposed) on the right method of brushing our teeth. I was very conscious – refrained from flashing my set of teeth to Dr Rashid in case he spotted plaque in between my front teeth. Hee.
The verdict: Dr commended on Aly’s teeth. Nice and clean.. thanks to Omah. He didnt see a need to clean any of her teeth.. Whoaa… But he did advised me to start saving $ for Aly’s braces cos her baby teeth are close to each other and that will mean difficulty for her adult teeth to grow properly. 
We left the clinic with $70 less in my bank account but with a loot in tow. A helicopter frisbee that came right out of Dr Rashid’s treasure chest. Looks like he really knows how to win the hearts of the little ones!
May 4, 2009 at 2:21 pm |
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